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Re: Fixing gearbox assembly inconsistancies

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Originally Posted by oison75 View Post
In the past, we've also had some issues with aluminum vs. steel gears. Aluminum gears tend to warp under pressure and get jammed, while steel gears don't. (Keep in mind this was with a 3-CIM Andy Mark gearbox and not the toughbox nano).
What aluminum gears? VEXPro?

We've used aluminum gears extensively from VEXPro and ones we custom made...never seen one "warp under pressure and get jammed".

It is highly likely you had another issue that was independent of the gear. For sure more information is needed before making a blanket statement that aluminum gears are worse than steel.
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